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F
amous
New
Orléans
Drinks
BY
SIDNEY
STORY
of
New
Orléans
Louisiana
£
Speaking
of
beverages
remincls
us
of
those
de-
^|
licious
décoctions
for
which
tlie
Metropolis
of
the
*
South
(New
Orléans)
is
f
amous.
Tliere
are
five
of
theni,
Avhicli
for
iiavor
and
taste
equal
the
nectar
of
§
the
gods.
They
are
"The
Sazerac
Cocktail,"
"Gin
Fizz
a
la
Ramos,"
"High
Bail
Rofignac,"
"Absinth
a
la
Suissesse,"
"Peychaud
Cocktail."
Were
you
ever
in
New
Orléans?
If
so,
y
ou
must
on
many
occasions
found
yourself
following
the
crowd
which,
as
it
reaches
Royal
and
Canal,
turns
off
into
French
town
and,
hav-
ing
made
scarcely
seventy-iive
feet,
enters
a
long,
narrow
corri-
dor
at
the
end
of
which
is
a
large
room
with
sand
on
the
floor,
and
a
long
and
handsome
bar
fully
seventy-five
feet
long,
before
which
stands
most
of
the
tiine
a
line
of
men,
sonietimes
two
deep.
This
is
the
f
amous
Sazerac
Saloon,
known
the
world
over
for
the
art
it
possesses
in
the
fabrication
of
the
Sazerac
Cock-
tail.
No
beverage
of
récent
years
lias
drawn
to
itself
more
praise
and
attention
than
the
"Ramos
Gin
Fizz"
which
is
sup-
plied
to
thousands
upon
thousands
every
year
by
the
génial
and
courtly
proprietor
of
the
"Stag,"
Col.
H.
C.
Ramos.
The
estab-
lishment
is
one
of
the
finest
of
its
kind
in
America
and
is
located
on
Gravier
Street,
opposite
the
new
St.
Charles
Hôtel.
The
glories
and
réputation
of
this
Ambrosial
drink
have
been
sung
the
world
over.
It's
the
invention
of
the
"Chesterfieldian"
Ra-
mos,
and
men
or
women
who
have
once
pressed
the
white foam-
ing
"Ramos
Gin
Fizz"
to
their
lips,
can
never
forget
it.
It
is
not
an
unusual
sight
in
the
winter
months,
and
when
the
Carnival
is
on
in
New
Orléans,
to
iind
this
palatial
resort
of
Col.
Ramos
packed
not
only
with
men
but
ladies
who
have
just
left
the
fash-
ionable
ball-rooms
or
the
French
Opéra,
and
are
enjoying,
be-
fore
returning
home,
a
a
Ramos
Gin
Fizz"
that
will
take
them,
after
lapsing
into
the
arms
of
morpheus,
into
the
delightful
fan-
tasies
of
dreamland.
The
afternoon
is
the
fashionable
time
for
the
ladies
to
do
their
shopping
on
Canal
Street
in
New
Orléans,
and
wherever
you
find
the
ladies
here
you
are
sure
to
find
the
maie
gender.
In
the
most
fashionable
block
of
this
shopping
boulevard
is
located